My parents created a world in which the only ­barrier to your success is your own imagination.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.

When people show you who they are, believe them. I carry that with me a lot. It has served me well.

Making it through the ceiling to the other side was simply a matter of running on a path created by every other woman's footprints.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.

I'm a black woman every day, and I'm not confused about that. I'm not worried about that. I don't need to have a discussion with you about how I feel as a black woman, because I don't feel disempowered as a black woman.